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2015 Medical achievements in Hyderabad
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Over the decades, the field of medicine has accomplished many astonishing things. Some of these medical achievements are well-known and have been celebrated. Here is a list of ten recent success stories
Over the decades, the field of medicine has accomplished many astonishing things. Some of these medical achievements are well-known and have been celebrated. Here is a list of ten recent success stories in medical science which, whether through pioneering technology or sheer staggering effort, has accomplished things that most people would have thought miraculous even just a few generations ago
Apollo treats critical 11-day-old with a complex and rare cardiac disorder: The Peadiatric Cardiology team at Apollo Hospital in Hyderabad successfully performed a complex and rare cardiac surgery on October 12 on a prematurely born baby suffering from Ebstein’s Anomaly - a critical congenital heart ailment.
Apollo Urologist performs pioneering procedure, treats severe intractable urinary incontinence: A 65-year-old women suffering from severe intractable urinary incontinence was successfully treated using a unique and pioneering procedure - Sacral Neuromodulation Therapy at Apollo Hospitals, Hyderguda on September 23.
KIMS performs successful liver transplantation: The Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences in Secunderabad performed a successful liver transplantation on a 43-year-old man who was suffering with an end stage of liver disease on December 3. The liver was donated by a 51-year-old woman from Visakhapatnam, who passed away in an accident resulting in severe brain injury.
Innova Hospitals doc performs highest number of heart surgeries in children: Dr Murthy performed about 8,000 heart surgeries in children. Out of which 1,200 heart surgeries were done on babies- one of the largest number in world. 80 per cent of surgeries he performed were for the lower socio-economic people through the Aarogyasri scheme.
Advanced technology in cataract surgery comes to Hyd: An advanced technology for correction of cataract and refractive errors, ‘Famtosecond laser technique’ was launched by Centre for Sight, a large scale super specialized eye hospitals in India on September 30.
Free cleft and palate surgeries performed: Smile Train, a charity that focuses on cleft lips and palates, performed about 4,50,000 free cleft lip and palate surgeries. In Hyderabad alone, they helped provide over 12,500 free surgeries for underprivileged children.
KIMS achieves breakthrough in minimal invasive pancreatic surgery: Time taken to perform the Whipple’s surgery to remove the pancreatic tumor was done within 7-8 hours, which took more than 10 hours previously.
OGH doctors go beyond their call of duty to seek funds and help distressed farmers: OGH and Helping Hand Foundation engaged in providing financial aid to farm and agricultural labours from Telangana, who survived suicides after consuming poison. From a medical stand point the only long term solution to the problem was to do a ‘tracheal reconstruction surgery. On September 23, OGH Surgeons completed all the six tracheal reconstruction surgeries in one day.
Technology transfer from Germany for cornea and laser refractive surgery for LVPEI: With the support of the German Government, Gebauer has been instrumental in providing LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) with two high precision automated corneal tissue processing systems to enable preparation of pre sculpted tissue for endothelial corneal transplant in the eye bank.
Screening in Nagpur, liver transplant at Hyderabad: Though the Care Hospitals group is still about three years away from starting a 'liver transplant' facility in Hyderabad, its 'liver clinic' is already providing patients the access to 'transplant' facility. One of the patients screened at the clinic successfully got a transplant done at Hyderabad Care Hospital. The procedure was performed by the head of liver transplant surgery department, Dr Tom Cherian.
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